Romeo & Juliet

We went to watch Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet tonight. It's basically a video of the ballet performed in 1966 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing live. We got free tickets to the show and the seats weren't too bad. We had a great view of the screen and the orchestra. The music was absolutely fantastic. All I wanted to do was lie down and enjoy the music. The ballet was good as well, would have been much much better if it was live and the screen didnt shake. It was particularly bad when there was text on the screen because my eyes just x_X We left after the first act because most people found it boring. I wanted to stay as well but my eyes just couldn't see straight. My friend stayed behind by himself to listen to the rest of the orchestra play. Brave soul. :) He was so excited when he heard about the performance. Too bad he was the only one who stayed back. If only it wasn't a friday and i wasn't so buggered. I truely enjoyed the music. Looks like i'll have to do a bit of CD shopping as well.

Meanwhile, on the way to the opera house, we stopped by a second hand bookstore and found 2 of the books i've been dying to get at half price!! It was in such good shape as well! The design of the cover was also the same as the first edition which is what I am looking for and not the later editions currently on sale at the shops. But that means I must find the other 2 books in the series with the same version of the covers! Looks like i'll be raiding a few second hand book stores in the next few weeks.

*SiGH* I'm so tired i don't think any of the last 2 paragraphs make sense but i'm too tired to go back and read over it.